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An iOS 27 bug can temporarily freeze your iPhone

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  • If you're here because your newly updated iPhone suddenly froze while you were using it, don't panic.
  • In case you haven't encountered the bug yet and were wondering how it's preceded, it's by swiping down the Notification Center and the Control Center in quick succession.

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Apple will likely roll out a fix for this later, but for now, you may want to memorize our instructions for force restarts above.

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If you're here because your newly updated iPhone suddenly froze while you were using it, don't panic. As 9to5Mac notes, it's not going to ruin your device permanently, and you can get out of by doing a force restart.

Since your iPhone is frozen, and you can't access the power icon, you'll have to press and quickly release the volume up button and then do the same with the volume down button.

In case you haven't encountered the bug yet and were wondering how it's preceded, it's by swiping down the Notification Center and the Control Center in quick succession.

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